Aquino: Terror group plotted to kidnap Pacquiao

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Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim terrorist group that allegedly beheaded a Canadian hostage this week, had designs on kidnapping Manny Pacquiao, Philippines president Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday.

Abu Sayyaf militants, seeking independence for a province in the southern Philippines, also wanted to explode bombs in metropolitan Manila to try to get funding from the Islamic State but the plans were uncovered, Aquino said, according to the Associated Press.

Aquino, whose six-year term ends in June, also said Abu Sayyaf may have been planning an …

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